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539 FOREIGN COMPANIES HAVE PLANTS IN JAPANA total of 539 foreign companies in Japan were ope

MASSACHUSETTS MAY CUT JOBLESS INSURANCE RATESThe Weld administration reportedly may call for

The CN North America railroad is trying to scuttle the planned takeover by Canadian Pacific Ltd. of

The Missouri Supreme Court has removed the last apparent legal obstacle for Anuhco Inc., the success

Japan and the United States failed to agree on ways to improve access to Japan's $4.5 billion flat-g

TWA SLASHES ITS NET LOSSST. LOUIS - Trans World Airlines said Tuesday that it lost

When you've been around the shipping business for a while, you start to realize one universal truth:

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Brazil's economic tightrope act is taking its toll on Fernando Adeclides. Last month, the appliance

Hershey Foods Corp. said it will cut 400 manufacturing, technical and administrative jobs over the n

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The 20 percent decline in value of the Italian and Spanish currencies has substantially boosted thos

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Labor unions that vowed to punish Democrats who voted for the North American Free Trade Agreement ha

A fishy story is emerging after the North Sea grounding early Monday morning of fish-factory vessel

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The Forward Air Division of Landair Services Inc. has signed a national interline agreement with Var

Tough new shipping laws in the United States pose potential threats to the multibillion-dollar oil t

WORK ON TWO REACTORS HALTED IN N. KOREATOKYO - North Korea said Tuesday that it had

It's more than an address change when a business moves its headquarters: lives are uprooted, employe

German consumption of primary energy this year is expected to fall marginally to 481.9 million metri

The Russian government should inject extra cash to build up federal and regional grain reserves beca

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1863 (Nov. 1, 1994) Previous day - 1870 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

MIDEAST SUMMITEERS SAY FIRST STEP TAKENCASABLANCA, Morocco - Arabs and Israelis left a landm

A pullout quote appearing with the article "Canadian Official Supports Seaway Plan - to an Extent,"

A Greek shipowner and a Virginia shipyard Monday signed a pact for the first commercial export from

China's rush to diversify its aviation industry, already blamed for a series of disasters, now threa

The transportation industry is greeting the mission study issued by the Interstate Commerce Commissi

Sea-Land Service Inc. and American President Lines Ltd. topped the list of political givers among oc

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 234.48 off 0.48 wh

OPEC'S CRUDE BASKET RISES TO $16.24 A BARRELLONDON - The price of OPEC's basket of s

Government troops recaptured the key petroleum town of Soyo with a marine assault that ended almost

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OPEC SET TO EXTEND DAILY OUTPUT CEILINGOPEC countries are set to extend their24.52 m

A major pipeline outage last month, a refinery fire last week and the coming switch to reformulated

Public education in Brazil, and throughout most of Latin America, iscollapsing. Nearly half

QUARTERLY NET DECLINES AT GRYPHON HOLDINGSGryphon Holdings Inc. reported a third-quarter dro

A U.S. four-point plan to draw Israel and its Arab adversaries into a system of regional economic co